I found this dope piece of furniture in front of the dumpster at some condos near my house. I looked closely and realized that it wasn't particle board,but poplar. So I stripped it and stained it to match my other furniture (adding the shelves underneath so that it can be used as a shoe rack so my wife wouldn't make me throw it away), then I put on two coats of polyurethane.

For some reason, the polyurethane is doing this weird thing I've never seen it do before (pic to come in next post). Anybody have any experience with this? It hasn't done this on pine, treated pine, or red oak.

Hello English is my poor language but question I have, ahem where can I find hammer that is strong but soft?

I came across an electrical fire on a call out for work due to a poor connection. Can any anon give me the specific regulation about correct electrical connection.
I need to quote the regulation broken for my report but can't find it on Google.

Jo /diy/,
Any tips how to spraypaint to have a nice glossy effect as a result? I keep getting ok looking surface but it feels like a very light sanding paper when I touch it

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Hi guys,
somebody just stole the engine off my bike today in Tucson, AZ. The bike wasn't stolen and the locks were fine; but the thief casually disassembled the engine in broad daylight, next to a huge parking lot with a lot of traffic.

The motorized bike community isn't too big in the US (or in AZ, for that matter), so if anyone sees a black bike engine for sale, please post any info you got. May I also add that a used motorized bike is basically worthless, it's not even expensive new (120$); but it requires a shit-ton of work and breaking in.

Any help or info would be appreciated,
Thanks

say i wanted to make pic related for the top of a tesla coil or a vandegraff or something
i could just about do 1/2 on a lathe but how do you do the other half and close it back down again?
is it just cast like that? or pressed in some incredible machine?

does this have potential to be a nice lamp ?
mostly not sure about what kind of nice light to use, switch etc i thing i know what ill do

though about just getting a G4 220v led hanging off the top pipe and put a bottle there filled with oil to look nice

Hello /diy/,

What's the best way to minimize asbestos exposure when splicing an asbestos-insulated wire?

I've taken the den in my basement down to studs, and uncovered this god awful splice. The wire runs to my detached garage, buried 4ft and encased in concrete in some parts, so simply replacing it isn't really an option.

I'm running a new circuit up to this point, where I'll join the two in a junction box, but I'd rather not release asbestos if at all possible.

How do?

I'm not really good at reading these, so maybe anyone can help me out.

What's the distance between the two red lines? Or what could it be? I can't really figure it out...

(length in mm preferred...)

Really sorry if this isn't the place to ask this, but what would the highlighted things in this picture be called? Thank you